Month: September 2016

Bravos de FC Juarez were eliminated from Copa MX competition when they lost to Alebrijes de Oaxaca in a penalty shootout, (5-3) Wednesday night at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium. The penalty shootout resulted from a 1-1 tie after the full 90 minutes had been played.

Bravos were able to muster a tie after 90 minutes of regulation after falling behind 1-0 in the 63rd minute of play when Oscar Fernandez scored for the visiting side.

The joy was short-lived as 9 minutes later Felix Micolta, who came on as a sub in the 64th minute, scored the equalizer for the team from the Borderland.

The final 25 minutes of the match would be dominated by Bravos, taking advantage of the home field to take it to the opposition to try to get the win in regulation. FC Juarez would fail to accomplish this task and the match would go to and immediate penalty shootout with no extra times being played in Copa MX competition.

The shootout would be all even until the 4th penalty taker for the Bravos, Mauro Fernandez would have his penalty kick blocked Oaxaca goalkeeper Lucero Alvarez. Alvarez then turned around and took the 5th penalty kick, making it and advancing Alebrijes de Oaxaca to the quarterfinals of the Copa MX.

Bravos de FC Juarez will return to Copa MX competition tonight when they face Alebrijes de Oaxaca in the round of 16. The single elimination match will take place here in the Borderland at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium at 8pm. The game will be nationally televised here in the United States on ESPN Deportes.

If FC Juarez wins they will Mexican first division powerhouse, and one of the most popular soccer teams in the entire world Chivas de Guadalajara. Chivas defeated Morelia (another first division club) by the score of 1-0 last night. That match single elimination match would also take place here in the Borderland because Bravos has a higher seed in the 16 team bracket.

The 2016 Alianza de Futbol tour continues with big surprises and a lot of emotions in the eighth stop. El Paso will be all decked out as it will feature one of the greatest legends of Mexican soccer, Luis García.

On Saturday, September 3, 2016 the Mexican FIFA World Cup player and former Pumas, América and Atlético Madrid player, will be hosting a meet and greet at the Copa Coca- Cola® activation at the Westside Sports Complex from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

He will hold an autograph session and he will also be taking photos with all the players, families and friends, and even share the best advice to the promising young soccer player’s that attend Alianza de Futbol.

One of the biggest soccer amateur events to hit the Borderland will take place this weekend in the Westside Soccer Complex over the course of Saturday and Sunday, this Labor Day Weekend. The Alianza de Futbol will bring in their 2016 Summer Tour to El Paso, bringing a total of 140 soccer teams of all ages to the Westside of El Paso for two days of competition to cap off this summer.

Entries for the series of tournaments sold out over two months ago.

The event will feature 4 different tournaments (for different age groups and genders) backed by big coporate sponsors including Coca-Cola, Dodge and Telemundo. The event kicks off at 8am Saturday morning and will run through Sunday.

Alianza de Futbol was founded in 2004 as is a bi-national organization promoting amateur soccer in the United States and Mexico. Their 2016 Tour included 12 of the biggest cities across America. El Paso is the 10th stop on the tour.